Sentence examples for i've dictated from inspiring English sources

I've dictated two books in the car in Los Angeles.

My arachnophobia has never waned, and I am ashamed to admit that it has dictated some of my travel plans.

And it has dictated tough new energy standards for lighting and gas mileage for cars.

And he would never apologise for America, or say it had dictated to other nations.

"When I was at Bradford, I wouldn't have imagined being here, but circumstances have dictated that I am," the 32-year-old told BBC Radio Solent.

Part of the craft is forming a relationship with the bowler – Knott and Underwood, Healy and Warne – but yes, you have to reach a certain level with the bat, and I would say that Australia have dictated that".

My reactions to this fateful spectacle have varied down the years, as history has dictated: sometimes I have seen it, with Abraham Lincoln, as manifesting the last, best hopes of mankind, at other times it has seemed symbolic of despair and degradation.

Times are tough, and circumstances beyond anybody's control have dictated that I must leave.

" As a 54-year old-man, all my life society has dictated that I'm not supposed to cry especially in public.

"Serendipity has dictated all my choices in the collages I've made since 2006," the artist Ruth Marten says.

I had never anticipated announcing my retirement now, but circumstances have dictated differently.